I am getting bulk junk mail and the sender is using my email address. How do I stop it?
They do not come into my main account, only through Thunderbird. I email myself sometimes, so I cannot make a filter to block myself.
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In most cases, someone has acquired your email address and is simply pasting it into the "From:" box when he builds and transmits his spam messages. He hasn't "hacked" your account, and he isn't sending from any equipment you have any control over. Changing passwords almost always has zero effect, since he isn't logging in as you. Have you ever found any of these messages in your Sent folder?
You started a thread, then posted a reply in a separate thread. It's easy enough when you get an email notification of a reply to your thread, as the link in the email will bring you straight here.
If you want to add to your own thread, look in your "profile" here on this forum to find a list of your previous postings. Or bookmark your thread in your browser.
John99 has simply joined your two threads together to help anyone trying to help you.
Since you have no control over what any 3rd party does on his own computer (or more likely, an "owned" or hijacked computer) you can't stop him.
Anyway, why bother with a filter if the bad messages are being placed into Bulk or Spam? Your email provider's anti-spam system would appear to be doing its job. And if they aren't labelled as Spam or Junk, don't be afraid to do so yourself. Good spam and junk filtering is bit more sophisticated than just looking at the ostensible "From:" address; it will also be looking at IP addresses and checking against blacklists for known spam sources, and using heuristics to identify patterns.
Plus what finitarry said. ;-)
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are you talking about two email addresses? I do not understand your reference to main account and Thunderbird.
GBell11 said Matt, my response is kicked back. 1 email, through Yahoo
When I try to answer, it has a no reply address. My main account is through Yahoo. When I look there the bulk messages are not there I thought, only through Thunderbird. However I just checked again and they are in the spam folder in Yahoo also. I change my password and they still keep coming. George
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Sorry, new to this forum. Did you edit and fix x-link or do I do it, and if so where is it?
The only way I know to stop that kind of behaviour is to report the messages (with complete headers) to an anti-spam organization.
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In most cases, someone has acquired your email address and is simply pasting it into the "From:" box when he builds and transmits his spam messages. He hasn't "hacked" your account, and he isn't sending from any equipment you have any control over. Changing passwords almost always has zero effect, since he isn't logging in as you. Have you ever found any of these messages in your Sent folder?
You started a thread, then posted a reply in a separate thread. It's easy enough when you get an email notification of a reply to your thread, as the link in the email will bring you straight here.
If you want to add to your own thread, look in your "profile" here on this forum to find a list of your previous postings. Or bookmark your thread in your browser.
John99 has simply joined your two threads together to help anyone trying to help you.
Since you have no control over what any 3rd party does on his own computer (or more likely, an "owned" or hijacked computer) you can't stop him.
Anyway, why bother with a filter if the bad messages are being placed into Bulk or Spam? Your email provider's anti-spam system would appear to be doing its job. And if they aren't labelled as Spam or Junk, don't be afraid to do so yourself. Good spam and junk filtering is bit more sophisticated than just looking at the ostensible "From:" address; it will also be looking at IP addresses and checking against blacklists for known spam sources, and using heuristics to identify patterns.
Plus what finitarry said. ;-)
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